2 Captured In Tavern Robbery

September 12, 1985

Police captured two suspects shortly after three men, one with a gun, held up a tavern in the Norwood Park neighborhood and fled with more than $1,500. The third man is being sought. Augustin Figueroa, 19, of 3434 W. Shakespeare Ave., and Thomas Papanikolaou, 21, of 2148 N. St. Louis Ave., were arrested Tuesday night and charged with armed robbery. Detective James Craig of the Grand-Crossing violent crimes unit said two men robbed a bartender and two patrons in the Torchlight II, 5653 N. Northwest Hwy., while a third waited in a car. The robbers fled with $1,500 from the cash register and with the patrons` wallets and watches, Craig said. Several people who saw the men flee called police and squad cars went to Kennedy Expressway interchanges. Albany Park Patrolman Richard Brown saw the suspects` car going southbound and pursued it. The car left the expressway at Addison Street and went to the 3200 block of North Lawndale Avenue, where two men jumped out. A few minutes later, detectives seized Papanikolaou in the 3300 block of North Pulaski Road, Brown said. Figueroa was arrested in the car.